Phrases
01. I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
02. The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
03. The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
04. Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed
05. If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
06. I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
07. Own nothing, control everything.
08. Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
09. Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
10. I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
11. I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
12. I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
13. Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
14. How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
15. God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.
16. I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
17. Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
18. The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
19. Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
20. I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
21. I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
22. There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
23. Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things. . .fail because we lack concentration–the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
24. I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
25. Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
26. The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
27. A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
28. Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
29. The common denominator for success is work.
30. I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
31. The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
32. The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
33. Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
34. Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
35. Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
36. Save when you can and not when you have to.
37. Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
38. Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
39. Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
40. It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
41. I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
42. I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
43. Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
44. I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
45. Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
46. Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
47. Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
48. I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
49. I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
50. I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
51. I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
52. A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
53. The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day’s task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
54. The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
55. Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
56. A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily
57. I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
58. And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
59. To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
60. Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.
61. I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
62. When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
63. Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest their time and money in multiplying competitive industries instead of opening up new fields, and putting their money into lines of industry and development that are needed.
64. There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
65. Competition is a sin.
66. The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.
67. The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
68. Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
69. After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
70. It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
71. I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
72. What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader – becomingly humble before authority – a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.
73. Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
74. If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
75. A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.